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ăn miếng trả miếng

Pronunciation Northern /an˧˧ miəŋ˧˥ ʨa̰ː˧˩˧ miəŋ˧˥/ Central /aŋ˧˥ miə̰ŋ˩˧ tʂaː˧˩˨ miə̰ŋ˩˧/ Southern /aŋ˧˧ miəŋ˧˥ tʂaː˨˩˦ miəŋ˧˥/
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An idiom referring to the act of responding to someone with an action similar to what they did.

vi Hai bên liên tục ăn miếng trả miếng trong cuộc tranh luận.

en Both sides kept going tit for tat during the argument.

Parts
trả miếng / A compound of ăn + miếng + trả + miếng / 咹𠷦𪁳𠷦

OriginA compound of ăn + miếng + trả + miếng

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
咹𠷦𪁳𠷦
Candidates by syllable
ăn miếng 𠷦 trả 𪁳(𪃵) miếng 𠷦
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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nước miếng / trả miếng / giữ miếng / môi miếng …
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